## VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program

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**Canonical URL:** [VITARA - Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting up a Reform Program](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2022/vitara-rmfol22-127)

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## Bibliographic details
- Session: OL 22.127
- Location: Course conducted online
- Dates: January 1, 2022 - April 15, 2022 (15 weeks)
- Delivery method: Online Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

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### Training program and target audience
- Training Program: Virtual Training to Advance Revenue Administration (VITARA).
- Target audience: managers, senior leaders, and executives from tax administrations in developing countries.
- Level: introductory.
- Access requirements: access to a computer with a reliable Internet connection and a Google Chrome web browser are essential.

### Course logistics and scheduling
- Session No.: OL 22.127
- Location: Course conducted online
- Date: January 1, 2022 - April 15, 2022 (15 weeks)
- Delivery Method: Online Training
- Primary Language: English
- Status: Deadline passed

### Course description and scope
- VITARA is a joint initiative of four international organisations: the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT), the Intra-European Organisation of Tax Administrations (IOTA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- VITARA Reform Management Fundamentals: Setting Up A Reform Program explains:
  - key concepts of reform management;
  - the process of developing a reform program;
  - the key management and governance arrangements of tax administration reforms;
  - tax administration reform project management.
- Relationship to other module(s):
  - A separate related module, Reform Management Specific Topics: Managing A Reform Program, builds on this module by providing additional material on key issues faced in implementing reforms.
  - Both modules together aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of reform management and present proven management practices applied by tax administrations worldwide in managing their reform programs.

### Course objectives
- Aim: to give participants a good grounding in:
  - what tax administration reform is;
  - why tax administration reform is important;
  - what is involved in implementing tax administration reform;
  - who should be involved in the reform process.

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## References

- [Online Training](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/delivery-methods)
- [Core Elements of Banking Supervision (CBS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2027/cbsat27-10)
- [Advanced Government Finance Statistics (GFS-A)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/gfs-ace26-45)
- [Fiscal Sustainability (FS)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ce/2026/fsce26-38)
- [Safeguards Assessments of Central Banks (SAC)](https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/at/2026/sacat26-30)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/capacity-development/training/icdtc/schedule/ol/2022/vitara-rmfol22-127_